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AN UNEXPECTED LEGACY 



a CometJictta in ©ne ^ct 



BY 



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EGBERT W. FOWLER 

Author of "A Matrimonial Advertisement," etc. 



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BOSTON 



1894 



P5 351I 
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CHARACTERS. ' ^^ 'V* 

Thomas Baker Lewis. 
Nellie Vane-Lewis. 
Mabel Glenn, /ler friend. 

Scene. — Drawing-roovi at Weldon Place. 



PROPERTIES. 

Invitation cards ; two letters, one in a business envelope ; a watch-guard with 
a ring attached ; and a child's toys. 




Copyright, 1894, by Walter H. Baker & Co. 



AN UNEXPECTED LEGACY, 



Scene. — Drawing-room at Weldon Place. Table R., with chair. 
Divan at l. Doors c, and R. i e. 

(Nellie discovered at table with letters in her hand; she looks 
them over as the curtain rises. Mabel sits tipon the divan y l., 
with embroidery.^ 

Nellie. Three tickets for a charity concert, an invitation to a 
ball, and a business letter. That can wait until the last. 

Mabel. It must be lovely to be rich, and receive invitations 
out every day. 

Nel. Yes ; and especially when it is all new, as it is for me. 
{Takes up business letter.) Now for the prosy looking one; from 
Smart & Swift, my uncle's lawyers. Their letters always bring me 
good luck. 

Mab. They certainly did when they brought you the word that 
you were heiress of Weldon Place. 

Nel. I should think so. {Opens letter.) 

Mab. And in return all you had to do was to add the name of 
Lewis to your own family name of Vane. 

Nel. Many a woman changes her name for a great deal less. 

Mab. And has to take a husband in the bargain. 

Nel. {sighs). That I will never do. {Takes letter fro7n enve- 
lope.) I wonder what this letter contains. 

Mab. The quickest way to find out is to read it. 

Nel. {reads letter). O Mabel, just listen to this! 

Mab. What is it, dear ? Oh, it must be terrible to frighten 
you so. 

Nel. It is terrible ! Listen. {Reads.) " To Miss Eleanor 
Vane-Lewis " — that's me, Mabel. 

Mab. It sounds just as though you were married. 

Nel. {reading). " While looking throus^h some papers belong- 
ing to your late uncle, we discovered a codicil to his will." 

Mab. a codicil? What is that .? 

Nel. Something horrid ! {Reads.) " A codicil which states 
that you shall remain heir to his estate only on the following terms : 
You shall take into your house, and place under your care, your 
late uncle's nephew, Thomas B. Lewis." 



4 AN UNEXPECTED LEGACY. 

Mab. O Nellie ! 

Nel. " The young man, who for the past five years has been ac 
school in Paris, has been sent for, and will probably reach Weldon 
Place to-day." 

Mab. What will you do? 

Nel. What can I do? I don't know anything about boys. I 
never even had a brother. If it had only been a girl, I think I 
could stand it ; but a great, ugly, red-faced, noisy boy ! I've a great 
mind to go back to teaching again, and let this big, horrid boy 
have everything. 

Mab. Oh, no ; I would not do that. Think, dear, your uncle 
must have had some good reason. Perhaps the poor boy may be an 
orphan ; you can give him an education, and do a world of good for 
him. 

Nel. You are right. I am a mean, selfish girl. 

Mab. Oh, no, Nellie dear ! 

Nel. {^rmly^. Yes, I am. I was ready to shirk the first op- 
portunity offered me to do good with Uncle Philip's money. 

Mab. You say the boy is coming from Paris? 

Nel. Yes, dear. Paris ! Wliat a flood of memories that word 
brings over me ! — the boulevards, the gay sights, poor Miss Sophie, 
whose companion I was at that time, and — Tom. 

Mab. Tom ! O Nellie, tell me all about it. 

Nel. It is a very painful subject to me. 

Mab. How romantic ! 

Nel. He was a young artist, and often called at Miss Sophie's. 
His name was Thomas Baker. We became engaged, and quarrelled. 

Mab. You poor darling ! 

Nel. Of course I gave him back his ring — 

Mab. Of course. 

Nel. And told him never to see me again until I wrote him. I 
never wrote, and he never came back. 

Mab. How obstinate men are ! 

Nel. He should have begged my pardon ; but men are so 
proud. I suppose he has forgotten me by this time. 

Mab. And you still love him ? 

Nel. I am afraid that I do. Come, dear, we must make ar- 
rangements to meet this cousin of mine. I will tell Perkins to get 
the nursery and schoolroom ready, and you go to the tov shops, 
and bring home whatever you think will amuse him. I know that 
I shall be very wretched. I would be so much happier if he had 
only been a girl. 

(^Exeunt, r. i e.) 

Tom (Jo servant, outside). All right. I will wait in here. 

{Enter Tom, c. door.') 

Tom. Back to the old home again ; everything is just as it was 
when I left it, five years ago. I could easily imagine that I had 
never been away. How well I remember the day I left — parted in 



AN UNEXPECTED LEGACY. 5 

anger from the dear old uncle who had been like a father to me. 
He stood by the table there, proud, stiff as a ramrod, and fairly 
boiling over with rage, simply because I had decided to become an 
artist, or a " dauber fellow " as he called it. He gave me the choice 
of giving up art or the prospect of becoming his heir; and I, with 
the sublime conceit of twenty-one years, chose a future, a path to 
fame. I gave up the easy life I had been living here, for the hard 
struggle for existence of an art student. I have never been sorry 
for that, but I have wished so many times that I might have re- 
mained friends with him. Of course he cut me off with a shilling, 
and left all his property to some female relative or other. I can 
remember but one female relative, a certain spinster aunt by mar- 
riage. She and uncle were always quarrelling, and I hope she is 
not the one I am sent down to visit. I have a letter for her. 
{Takes letter fro7n Jus pocket.^ " To Miss Eleanor V. Lewis." I am 
to give her this letter, which contains instructions from the lawyers, 
who hinted to me that if I played my cards well, I might yet 
be owner of Weldon Place. I shall not try very hard ; I prefer 
poverty and freedom to an old maid with a pet pug dog and a 
parrot. 

Nel. {speaks outside'). Go with Miss Glenn to the toy-shop, 
James, and give them this order, to be filled at once. 

{Enters r. i e.) 

And, James, you must drive to the afternoon train, and meet him. 
Take the carriage, as he might fall out of the cart, boys are so care- 
less. Oh, dear! I know this terrible responsibility will drive me 
frantic. 

{Turns up the stage and sees Tom.) 

Tom. Nellie Vane ! 

Nel. Tom Baker — I mean, of course, Mr. Baker. 

{After a jnonient^s hesitation they shake hands cordially.) 

Tom. How in the world did you come here? 

Nel. {nervo7(sly). I came by the morning express. Yes, I am 
sure it was by the morning express. 

Tom. Are you living here now? • 

Nel. Yes. That is, just at present. 

Tom. Will you be here long? 

Nel. I hope that I will. 

Tom. You like it, then? 

Nel. Oh, yes, verv much. 

Tom. I am glad to hear it. {Aside.) That female relative 
may not be so bad after all. {Aloud.) I am glad to know that 
you ai:e here to stay. 

Nel. Thank you. 

Tom. It won't be half so bad now. 

Nel. What won't be half so bad? 



6 AN UNEXPECTED LEGACY. 

Tom. For me to stay here. 

Nel. To stay here? 

Tom. Yes. Don't you understand? 

Nel. I must confess that I do not. 

Tom. I was sent down here by Smart & Swift. 

Nel. Oh, by the lawyers. 

Tom. Yes ; to be a sort of a — a — 

Nel. a tutor? 

Tom. Well, not exactly that ; I should say more as a sort of a 
body-guard. 

Nel. Oh, I understand now. {Aside.) How lovely! He has 
been engaged to help me manage the boy. 

Tom. Are you still with Miss Sophie? 

Nel. Oh, dear, no ! Poor Miss Sophie died last winter in Lon- 
don. 

Tom. She was an awfully good old soul, 

Nel. Wasn't she, though. 

Tom. Do you remember that every evening I called she would 
insist upon having a game of dominoes. 

Nel. And how angry she would be if she lost the game. 

Tom. We always took good care to let her win ; then she 
would sit by the fire and — 

Nel. Go fast asleep 

Tom. While we — 

Nel. {quickly). And sometimes she would snore. 

Tom. Yes ; and while we were — 

Nel. {breaking in) . Have you been in England long ? 

Tom. Only a few days. {Aside.) I wonder why she does not 
care for me to bring up old times. 

Nel. How stupid of me — of course you have not. {Aside.) 
He came over with the boy. {Aloud.) Did you have a pleasant 
journey ? 

Tom. Not very. 

Nel. I feared as much. {Aside.) That child must be a terror. 

Tom. It was decidedly rough. 

Nel. And boisterous? 

Tom. Quite so. 

Nel. {aside). I knew it, — rough and boisterous ; I cannot stand 
it at all. 

Tom. Sha'n't we sit down? 

Nel. Oh, yes, of course. {They sit.) I beg your pardon; but 
you know that I am naturally nervous — and our meeting, you 
know — 

Tom. Yes, it was sudden. 

Nel. And so unexpected. 

Tom. Yet I hope not displeasing. 

Nel. Oh, not at all. 

Tom. It was only this morning that I thought of you, and won- 
dered if you still remembered me. I hope that you will not regret 
my having been sent here. 



AN UNEXPECTED LEGACY. 7 

Nel. Of course I will not. If it — wasn't only for the — the — 
{Aside.) I feel so awkward when I go to speak of that boy. 

Tom {aside). Poor Nell! I suppose she is trying to allude to 
our (Quarrel in Paris. {Aloud.) I would not think of it at all. 

Nel. But I have thought of nothing else all the morning ; it 
hangs on my mind like a great weiglit. {Rises and walks up 
stage.) 

Tom. It does? {Aside.) I believe that she loves me still. 
How glad she will be when she notices I have kept the ring she 
gave back to me ! I have not worn it on my watch-guard all this 
time for nothing. 

Nel. {aside). I don't know what to say to him. If I knew that 
he had forgiven me for my foolish anger — 

Tom {aside). I can't ask her point-blank if she still loves me. 
{Aloud.) There — a — "have been many changes since our — that 
is — we bade each other good-by in Paris. 

Nel {coming dotvii). A great many; why, you know that I 
have even changed my name. 

Tom {sta7^ting). W-what ! 

Nel. You seem surprised. 

Tom. Oh, no! {Aside.) She is married, and I was fool 
enough to fancy that she still loved me. She shall not laugh at 
this, however. {Tucks his watch-guard inside his vest.) 

Nel. I had to change it, you know. 

Tom. Yes, I know. It is the custom I believe. 

Nel. And you were not surprised ? 

Tom. No ; not greatly surprised. 

Nel. It was a great surprise to me. 

Tom. Indeed! 

Nel. But it did not take me long to make up my mind. 

Tom. No, I suppose not. {Aside.) Fickle woman ! 

Nel. It was such an offer as a woman does not often receive. 

Tom. Was it? 

Nel. And I was so tired of teaching, you know. 

Tom {aside) . It's the old story. She may have loved me once, 
but, dazzled by an offer of wealth, she sold herself. Well, women 
are all alike. 

Nel. {timidly). I hope you do not think that I did wrong? 

Tom {gloomily). Oh, no ; it was your duty to better yourself if 
you had an opportunity. 

Nel. I am glad you think I did right, and, indeed, I am very 
happy — but for one thing. 

Tom {aside) . I wonder if her wretched husband drinks ? 

Nel. I fear I will never be able to manage the boy. 

Tom. The boy ! 

Nel. Yes, you know — Thomas. 

Tom. Sh! What? 

Nel. Thomas — that is the child's name. 

Tom {aside). I wonder if she named him for me I 



8 AN UNEXPECTED LEGACY. 

Nel. He will be a great responsibility as he grows older. 

Tom. Yes, I believe they always are. 

Nel. And of course most all his training will devolve upon me. 

ToAi. Where is his — father? 

Nel. I don't know. 

Tom. You don't know ? 

Nel. I have no idea where he is. 

Tom. Oh! {Aside.) I suppose they have separated. 

Nel. I don't think I have ever heard whether he is dead or 
not. 

Tom (aside). They certainly have been divorced. {Aloud.) 
You don't even know if he is living? 

Nel. No ; but I suppose he is dead, or they would not send the 
child to me. 

Tom {aside). I do not understand this. Can it be that she is 
entirely heartless. j. 

Nel. I wouldn't be surprised to see him at any time. 

Tom. The father? 

Nel. Oh, dear no — the boy. But possibly they told you when 
he would come, or he may have come down with you. 

Tom. Oh, no, no! 

Nel. He came with you from Paris, did he not? 

Tom. Has the boy been in Paris? 

Nel. He has been at school there for five years. 

Tom. For five years ! {Aside.) Then he is only her step- 
son, after all. 

Nel. Did you see him while in London? 

Tom. See whom? 

Nel. Little Tommy. 

Tom. No. {Aside.) How strangely she talks ! Great Heav- 
ens I Can it be possible that her trouble and divorce have turned 
her brain ? 

Nel. I supposed you had certainly seen him in London. 

Tom {aside). Poor little woman, I ought to be very gentle, and 
try to humor her fancies. {Aloud.) I was not about London a 
great deal, and as there are so many children in London — and 
children are all so much alike, that Lm afraid I — 

Nel. I hope you did not lose sight of him? 

Tom. Pm afra'id that I did. 

Nel. And left him all alone in London? 

Tom. Why yes, you know, I had so very much to attend to. 

Nel. Where did you leave him? 

Tom (aside). We'll that is a corker, but I suppose I ought to 
please her by telling her some place or other. (Aloud, very kindly, 
and with a voice full of cofnpassion.) Well, you know, being a 
stranger in the city, and not very familiar with the streets, I could 
not tell just where he is. 

Nel. W^iy, he may be lost ! 

Tom. Poor Nellie ! No, I am sure not so bad as that. 



AN UNEXPECTED LEGACY. 9 

Nel. Do you know how old he is ? 

Tom. No; don't you? 

Nel. I have no idea ; but I supposed you would have taken 
enough interest to have found out. 

Tom. I suppose I ought to have done so, but — 

Nel. Especially as you were to help me take care of him. 

Tom. What, I? 
1 Nel. Was it not that that brought you down here? 

Tom. {aside). Well, this is going a little too far. {Aloud.') 
I'm afraid that it was not. 

; Nel. Then why did you make that arrangement with the 
lawyers ? 
■ Tom. I made no arrangement. 

Nel. Well, you told me that you had. 

Tom. No, I didn't ; you must have misunderstood me. 

Nel. Then — why — are — you — here ? 

Tom. I came down to see my aunt. 

Nel. Your aunt? 

Tom. Yes, my aunt — Eleanor Lewis. 

Nel. {aside). Is Tom crazy? {Aloud.) Your Aunt Eleanor 
Lewis ? 

Tom. Yes. Is she here? 

Nel. There is only one Eleanor Lewis here, and she is not 
your aunt. 

Tom. Well, she used to be. 

Nel. {aside). He certainly must be insane f Heavens ! Can it 
be possible his love for me has turned his brain? {Aloud.) Your 
Aunt Eleanor Lewis ! Poor Tom ! 

Tom. Well, she is some relative of mine, for the lawyers told 
me she was. 

Nel. I do not see how she can possibly be a relative of yours. 

Tom. Why not, pray? 

Nel. Because I am Eleanor Lewis. 

Tom. What ! 

Nel. Yes. I told you that I had changed my name. 

Tom. But what Lewis did you marry? — surely not my uncle? 

Nel. Marry — your uncle? 

Tom. Yes, my uncle. 

Nel. I never thought of marrying your uncle, or anybody 
else. 

Tom. But you just now told me that you were married. 
. Nel. What? I told you that? 

Tom. Yes ; and divorced too. 

Nel. Divorced ! {Aside.) I am really beginning to feel afraid 
of him. 

Tom. And expected your son here to-day. 

Nel. My son ! Why, I never thought of saying such a thing ! 

Tom. Then — what — did — you — say ? 

Nel. Nothing! 



lO AN UNEXPECTED LEGACY. 

Tom. You certainly told me you expected somebody's son to 
come at any time. 

Nel. I told you that I expected my Cousin Thomas, who was 
left to my care by my uncle. 

Tom. {aside). Her Cousin Thomas ! I wonder what vagary her 
mind will take next. 

Nel. And I thought that you had been sent down by the law- 
yers to assist me in managing him. 

Tom. Poor girl, what ever gave you that idea.'' 

Nel. You told me so yourself. 

Tom. I? 

Nel. Yes ; you said you had been sent down here as a body- 
guard. 

Tom. To my old aunt — Eleanor Lewis. I have a letter for 
her. See. {Shows letter.) " To Eleanor V. Lewis, Weldon 
Place." 

Nel. That is jny letter. 

Tom. Yours? 

Nel. I am the only Eleanor Lewis at this place. 
, Tom. I don't understand this at all. 

Nel. Nor do L 

Tom. You say you are the one to whom this letter is addressed? 

Nel. Yes ; Eleanor Vane-Lewis. My uncle, Philip Lewis, left 
me his sole heir on the condition I take his family name, and pro- 
vide for his nephew, Thomas B. Lewis. 

Tom. Well, why in the name of common-sense didn't you say 
so before? 

Nel. So you see that is my letter. 

{He reluctantly gives her the letter,) 

Tom. I see. {Aside.) So this is the ancient relative who is 
to provide for me, into whose good graces I am to work myself, 
that I may yet be the owner of Weldon Place. Oh, 1 shall never 
forgive my uncle this insult ! (Nellie opens letter.) But she 
shall never know. {To Nellie.) Please do not read that letter. 

Nel. But I must. It will explain more about my Cousin Tom. 
{Takes letter from envelope.) 

Tom. Stay. Before you read it, let me askyou a question. 
Have you forgotten our last meeting in Paris? When we parted — 
in anger — you told me never to come back until you sent for- me. 
I have never received that message, or one word to show that you 
have forgiven me. I have waited day after day, and hoped against 
hope ; but still no welcome word. See, I have kept the ring that 
you returned to me, feeling that some day you would call me back. 
Nell, dear, before you read that letter, I want you to say whether 
or not you still love me, and will wear again the ring I have kept 
all these weary months for you? 

Nel. Tom, the fault of our separation has all been mine. I, 
too, have longed for a reconciliation, more than I can tell ; it was 



AN UNEXPECTED LEGACY. II 

my foolish pride that kept me from writing to you ; but I have loved 
you all along, and now I ask you to forgive me. 

TOiM. Nell! {He opens his ar?ns ; she comes to him.^ Now 
you may read that letter. 

Nel. See, it is in my Uncle Philip's handwriting. {Reads.^ 
"My dear Niece, — I place my nephew in your care, with the 
hope that you will learn to love one another." O Tom ! "It would 
make me happier, I am sure, to know that you two were married." 
O Tom, this is awful. " Try and learn to love him for my sake." 
{She throws down the letter.) Tom, I shall give it all up and take 
you, dear. I will never, never, marry that horrid nephew. 

(Tom picks up the letter and reads.) 

Tom. {reading). " And then he may forgive his old uncle who 
has loved him all along, but who was too proud to call him back.'' 
Dear old uncle, he forgave me, then. 

Nel. Yo\-g2iV% you? 

Tom. Yes ; for I am that horrid, horrid nephew. 

Nel. {astounded). Tom Baker! 

Tom. No, dear; Thomas Baker-Lewis. For after I quarrelled 
with my uncle, I dropped the name of Lewis, and while in Paris 
was known by my mother's family name of Baker. Now, what do 
you say to carrying out your uncle's wishes and marrying that hor- 
rid, horrid cousin? 

Nel. Tom ! {Embraces hi^n.) 

{Enter Mabel, c, with her aryns ftdl of toys.) 

Mab. See what I have brought for the boy. {Sees 'Hklli'E. ajid 
Tom.) Oh, pardon me. 

Nel. Here he is ; give them to him. 

Mab. O Nell Vane ! 

Tom. {laughing). Are they for me? 

Nel. Yes, Tom. You see, Mabel, the letter brought me good 
fortune after all. I am more than satisfied with my Unexpected 
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No. 23 Winter Street, - Boston, Mass. 



NEW OPER ETTAS F ^^ ^w" HRFN. 

LIBRftRY OF CONGRESS 

Odd Operas fi ■IH|| e. 

A Collection of Short and Simple Mui 015 897 063 6 ^ 

By Mrs. C. N. BORDMAn|HHBK 

Ai:thor of "The Kingdom of Mother Goose," "Motion Songs fob the School- 
Room," " The Temperance Clarion," etc. 

Complete with all the music and full instructions for performance. This collection is 
stronglj' recounnended for its simplicity, originality of idea, tunefulness and perfect prac- 
ticability. 

Price 50 cents. 

A GLIMPSE OF THE BROWNIES. J\ Musical Sketch for Chil- 
dren. For any number of boys. 

JIMMY CROW. A Recitation for a Little Girl. 

MARKET DAY. An Operetta for Young People. Seven speaking parts 
and chorus. 

QUEEN FLORA'S DAY DREAM. An Operetta for Children. Six 
speaking parts and chorus. 

THE BOATING PARTY. A Musical Sketch for Little Children. Thirty 
boys and girls. 

SIX LITTLE GRANDMAS. A Musical Pantomime for very Little 
Children. Six very little girls. 

A HOUSE IN THE MOON, A Recitation for a Little Girl. 



ROBIN'S SPECIFIC; 

OR, THE CHANGES OF A NIGHT. 

A. Christkias Opkretta in Onk Act". 

Words by 1 Music by 

AMELIA SANFORD. I ADAM CIEBEL. 

For one adult and nine children from eight to sixteen years old, with eight very little boys 
«nd twelve little girls for Chorus. Three changes of scene, very easily arranged, costumes 
■•■■■• f:i lint simple and readily procured. Very effective and easily gotten up. 



Price JJ5 cents. 



Catalogues describing the above and other popular entertainments sent free on application to 

WALTER H. BAKER & CO., 

THEATRICAL PUBLISHERS, 

No. 23 Winter Street, - - BOSTON, MASS. 



